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Dr. Russell C. Sullivan, Jr. attended college at the College of Charleston, graduating in 1976 with a major in history and a minor in German. Following college, he worked in a congressional campaign and then went to work with the Social Security Administration for seven years. He attended Princeton Theological Seminary in 1986. and prior to his senior year, the German government granted him a fellowship to study German at the Goethe Institute in Bremen, Germany. Upon graduation from seminary, he returned to Europe, this time to Oxford, Great Britain, where, supported by a Graduate Study Fellowship in Parish Ministry, he engaged in studies in theology.

Following seminary he served at the Westminster Presbyterian Church of Florence, South Carolina, then in 1994 accepted a call to be the Associate Pastor at the Second Presbyterian Church of Bloomington, Illinois. His last call before coming to Pine Street was Pastor/Head of Staff at Neshaminy-Warwick Presbyterian Church, an historic church in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Russell enjoys camping, bicycle riding, reading, music, movies, learning to ski, and great cooking!

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Alex Lang grew up in Fredericksburg, Virginia. He attended Rice University on a swimming scholarship where he received a BA in religious studies. The swim team was cut after his freshman year, which allowed him the opportunity to study theology at Oxford University in England during his junior year. At Oxford, he studied under Catholic monks and friars, discovering his calling to the ministry. During his senior year at Rice, Alex met his wife Courtney, who was bound for law school at Pepperdine University in California. After spending a year apart, Courtney at law school and Alex at Princeton Theological Seminary, Courtney and Alex married. Alex moved to California and took time off from seminary while Courtney finished her degree. They then moved back to Princeton so that Alex could finish his degree. During that time Alex worked as a youth pastor for a Presbyterian church in California and for a Methodist church in Princeton.

Alex’s hobbies include film making, writing and weight lifting. Alex loves all technology (with the possible exception of cell phones.) He loves sushi and ice-cream — in that order. Alex and Courtney live in Harrisburg.

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Thomas (Tom) Clark-Jones is a native of Wilkes-Barre, Pa. He holds degrees from Wilkes College (B.Mus.) and the State College of New Jersey (M.A.). During college, he was Organist-Choirmaster at St. Clement's Church (Episcopal) in Wilkes-Barre, and later served as associate organist at St. Mark's Church, Philadelphia. In 1971 he was appointed musician at Abington Church (American Baptist) and organist at Temple Shalom in Levittown, PA. In 1977 he began a ten year tenure as Music Director of Court Street Church (United Methodist) in Flint, Michigan and was also on the faculty of the University of Michigan-Flint. In 1986 he began another decade-long tenure at First Presbyterian Church, Lynchburg, Virginia where he also founded Cantate, a professional children's choir.

Tom joined the staff of Pine Street Church in March of 1998. He is active in the American Guild of Organists, currently serving the Harrisburg Chapter as a Chairman of the Violet Cassels Scholarship Committee. He is a member of the Presbyterian Association of Musicians. He has also concertized widely throughout the U.S. and Canada having played major recitals in Philadlephia, New York, Los Angeles, Toronto and Montreal. Tom and his wife, Denise are parents of three children, Jillian, Jenna and William. They live in Camp Hill.

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Cheryl Goode was born and raised in Central Pennsylvania where she lives with her husband John. They share four sons, Jason, Scott, Michael and Matthew who are grown. Her work has been as a Sunday school teacher and administrator. She has worked with the Youth and Presbyterian Youth Council. She has been a deacon and a member of the Carlisle Presbytery Education Committee. Cheryl is a member of the Association of Presbyterian Church Educators and recently has earned her certificate as an enrolled educational assistant. She is currently working towards being a certified associate Christian educator. When not working she enjoys reading, gardening, cooking and baking.

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Donald (Don) L. Clapper was born in Altoona PA, graduated from High School there, and attended Indiana University of Pennsylvania receiving a degree in Music Education. He taught for a brief time in Lewisburg, PA and was drafted during the Korean War. Following his discharge, he attended Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ, earning the degree of Master of Music.

He began his ministry at Pine Street in 1954. For 37 years, he was director of the Harrisburg Choral Society, taught music appreciation to the student nurses at Harrisburg Polyclinic Hospital, and conducted massed choirs for the Governor's Tree Lighting ceremony. He has been guest conductor of several county choral festivals. He was twice nominated for the Governor's Award for Excellent in the Arts. He received the Alumni Merit Award Citation from Westminster Choir College and the Arts Award 93 for distinguished service to the arts in the Capital area. He is an honorary member of Phi Mu Alpha (Sinfonia) the national honorary music fraternity. His hobbies are stained glass and gardening.

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